"Mike Rivers" <mrivers@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> On Aug 7, 7:11 pm, "Arny Krueger" <ar...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> The best way to adjust azimuth is to have a mono test tape, and adjust
>> the
>> azimuth until tape heads tracking the top and bottom edges of the
>> recorded
>> track reproduce waves with identical timing.
>
> That's the best way to adjust it to a standard, but the cassettes to
> be played may not have been recorded with the heads set to that
> standard.
Right. Since these are cassettes, the demands for precision are high due
to
the slow speed, but the hardware is inherently sloppy.
> And the real problem is with instability of the tape
> relative to the head, both when recorded and again when played.
That's one reason why a system like the ****'s, that adjusted the azimuth
on
the fly as needed, could improve sound quality so much.
> For a "better than random" setup, making one adjustment before playing
> a tape is probably sufficient, but it should be done for each tape.
In an ideal world there would be some test tones recorded at the beginning
and end of the tape, and between every musical selection.
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